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Join us in promoting reform and community engagement in New Zealand. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/220a02b2-4f82-4996-94e7-fa7021fdc076/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/220a02b2-4f82-4996-94e7-fa7021fdc076/thumbnail Events 2026 Discover the 2026 elections and advocacy efforts by the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. Join us in promoting reform and community engagement in New Zealand. https://www.alcp.org.nz/services-sales-page-2 daily 0.75 2026-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/294748f1-eac5-43e7-9f28-91ccf0dcc37b/imgg-demo-AbuF0fn3.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/f64d269d-6648-4fff-8ded-3294bd99b0c4/imgg-demo-ZRjbSa11.png https://www.alcp.org.nz/2026-candidates daily 0.75 2026-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/56363df1-16ab-4006-aa27-fb75b3bbc3b1/me.jpg 2026 Candidates Maki Herbert Co-Leader. A.L.C.P Candidate for Te Taitokerau. Tena Koutou Katoa No Pawarenga ahau Ko Morehu taku Marae Ko Rotokakahe taku Awa Ko Ongaroa taku Maunga Ko Te Uri o Tai taku Hapu Ko Te Rarawa raua Ko Te Aupouri nga Iwi Ko Maki Herbert Ahau. Here we are again, after 16 years of campaigning for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. I am now a great-grandmother. Working at the local markets in Hokianga for the past ten years as Kairongoa / practitioner of cannabis Rongoa. My first campaign was back in 2011 General Election. We continue to campaign for the legalisation of Cannabis so adults can choose their own Rongoa as a matter of our human rights. As Co-Leader over the past three elections, I have stood alongside the main candidates in Te Taitokerau and remained competitive, placing 4th, 3rd, and 4th. This reflects steady leadership, persistence, and an unwavering commitment to our message: Truth, Justice, and Freedom. We offer real solutions, not empty promises. Through the Hemp industry and a regulated adult cannabis market, we can create opportunities in jobs, housing, tourism, and health. Nga mihi Maki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/0e8df27b-9211-4f7c-9a64-b8395c10f370/Michael_Appleby.jpg 2026 Candidates Michael Appleby Co-Leader A.L.C.P. Candidate for Wellington Central. I have lived in Wellington for some 47 years and have four daughters. I have been a lawyer for 50 years and helped form the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 26 years ago. I have been the leader and co leader since then. I have taught law at the Universities of Auckland, Massey, Victoria, Otago, and Central Queensland. I graduated from Otago with Batchelor's degree in Arts and Law, and a master’s in law (Hons). I have specialised in defending kiwis on drugs charges, as well as working for some of the leading law firms such as Phillips Fox and Minters Ellison Rudd Watts as they now are. I am proud that I have successfully helped lead the fight to legalise Industrial Hemp and Medical Cannabis, and to help change the law on possession of cannabis so that the police are required to show that it is in the public interest to prosecute. In the Referendum 49% of the population voted for legalisation. I have run for Parliament 10 times in Wellington Central and will continue to run until the law is changed and past cannabis convictions are expunged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/4b6f4dd2-ded1-4f88-b27e-5a0a23040135/jeff2.jpg 2026 Candidates Jeff Lye Northland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/e3561a55-957a-4377-85c1-a439cd8977ab/Paula+Lambert.jpeg 2026 Candidates Paula Lambert Christchurch East https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/7d3d59b8-e90c-4476-83ad-13fd9dd64125/christ+hempstar+2026.jpeg 2026 Candidates Christopher Manaia A.L.C.P Candidate for Auckland Central. Kia ora Auckland Central, My name is Christopher Manaia, and I am standing for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party because our current drug laws are outdated, costly, and unjust. For too long, prohibition has failed our communities. It fills our prisons, fuels a multi-billion-dollar black market, and disproportionately harms Māori and ordinary Kiwis. I believe cannabis should be treated as a health and economic issue — not a criminal one. I will fight to: Fully legalise and regulate cannabis for medicinal, recreational, spiritual and industrial use. Replace the 1975 Misuse of Drugs Act with evidence-based laws that prioritise harm reduction. Expunge historical cannabis convictions. Create a regulated industry that generates tax revenue, jobs, and sustainable hemp opportunities for housing and manufacturing. Ensure roadside testing focuses on actual impairment, not the mere presence of THC. As a long-time cannabis advocate and hemp industry worker, I bring practical experience and a commitment to fairness. Auckland Central deserves a representative who will keep the conversation on law reform alive and push for real change that benefits our city and our country. Vote for common sense. Vote for justice. Vote for Christopher Manaia and the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party this election. Together, we can end prohibition and build a healthier, fairer Aotearoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/8f78e5f7-9452-4fc6-9bd2-c91327daf12d/Anntwinette+Grumbal.jpg 2026 Candidates Anntwinette Grumball 57. A.L.C.P. Candidate for Invercargill. Born in Dunedin, Queen Mary maternity Spent first 10yrs in Timaru, primary school education. 1980 moved to Gore where I did intermediate and high school education, excelled at school with sports and academics, school cert, six form cert as well as colours for sport and house captain. Played netball, basketball, softball, tennis and also attended pony club where i attained certificates and then went onto hunting with the local hunt club, getting my hunt colours, all this done alongside my mum who also hunted, equestrian is in the blood, my great grandfather had Clydesdales. Sport has been a huge part of my life at school level as well into adulthood. My first job was at the borough council as a secretary, Insurance as a secretary Typesetting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/4e1462d1-7fb7-42bb-849c-f8e8a4234102/manz+manning.jpg 2026 Candidates Romana Manz Manning Tukituki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/2442d695-aebb-4f4a-8d27-41c39071bc3f/tania+henare.webp 2026 Candidates Tania Henare A.L.C.P Candidate for Te Tai Taonga. A bit about myself. Ko Te Rarawa, me Ngati Maniapoto, me Ngāti Paoa oku iwi. Ko Te Kotahitanga me Te Koura Putaroa oku marae. No Tamaki Makaurau au ingari no Murihiku au. Kei Akaroa toku kainga inaianei. Ko Tania Henare au. I am a mother of 4 adult children and currently have 6 mokopuna. I am of Māori and pakeha descent. I have lived in the South Island since 1981, when my parents split up my mother moved the whanau from Ngatia to Invercargill. I have lived most of my adult life between Christchurch and Gore. As young parents Annie and I used various ' homoeopathic' remedies. Later in life using cannabis as medicine and socially. Since the cannabis referendum was not passed into law, I have become more disillusioned with our government's stance on Hemp and Cannabis. Also, the disproportionately high number of arrests and incarceration of Maori on cannabis related charges. I have worked in the AoD and Family Harm sector in recent years. I believe Cannabis should be decriminalised and have better access to medicinal cannibals, and free up restrictions around growing Hemp and production of hemp products. I believe people should be able to choose their own health pathways and have access to more eco-friendly products. I see hemp and cannabis industry providing economic growth and job opportunities for Iwi, Hapu and wider communities. To be honest I had never thought of becoming involved in Central politics until Anntwinette rang me the other day. I have always been 'politically aware' and critical of Central Government and have always voted according to my conscience. When asked, I could not say no. I hope this gives you an insight into who I am and what motivates me too finally 'do more'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/64a71905-688f-465d-b46f-574e0ba9311b/Adrian+McDermott.jpg 2026 Candidates Adrian McDermott Dunedin North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/9c4b4b49-e71c-4b71-b673-c06544ad1f6a/Blair+Anderson.jpg 2026 Candidates Blair Anderson Christchurch Central https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/5152e02f-2c89-4c24-88aa-afc0c6fe7732/Irinka+and+Helen+Clark+at+the+Park.JPG 2026 Candidates Irinka Britnell List candidate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b15744e874c35ed63a862f/145daf66-27e1-4240-8d8f-ce5f4430c3b6/russel+hynes.jpg 2026 Candidates Russell Haynes A.L.C.P List ONLY Candidate. I feel I can be of more help being on the ground talking to folk in different areas than restricted to one seat Aotearoa is my seat Brief history I've been a cannabis activist for over 30 years now and since my father passing from Leukemia, it was the chemo for prostate Cancer that killed his white blood cells. I've been back in NZ helping palliative folks access the medicine they need not for a cure but for a better quality of end of life travelling all of NZ's major roads meeting folk from the industrial/ medical and personal use industry along the way as well as a few political folks. The right to grow and produce our own Ronga nothing else is acceptable. I'm on the right in the pic and on the Left is Donald Macintosh Aotearoa 1 licence holder and Hemp Industry Association Founding Member. Cheers Russell Haynes